{Reference Type}: Journal Article
{Title}: Continuous wet-process growth of ZnO nanoarrays for wire-shaped photoanode of dye-sensitized solar cell.
{Author}: Tao P;Guo W;Du J;Tao C;Qing S;Fan X;
{Journal}: J Colloid Interface Sci
{Volume}: 478
{Issue}: 0
{Year}: Sep 2016 15
{Factor}: 9.965
{DOI}: 10.1016/j.jcis.2016.06.007
{Abstract}: Well-aligned ZnO nanorod arrays have been grown on metal-plated polymer fiber via a mild wet process in a newly-designed continuous reactor, aiming to provide wire-shaped photoanodes for wearable dye-sensitized solar cells. The growth conditions were systematically optimized with the help of computational flow-field simulation. The flow field in the reactor will not only affect the morphology of the ZnO nanorod⧹nanowire but also affect the pattern distribution of nanoarray on the electrode surface. Unlike the sectional structure from the traditional batch-type reactor, ZnO nanorods with finely-controlled length and uniform morphology could be grown from the continuous reactor. After optimization, the wire-shaped ZnO-type photoanode grown from the continuous reactor exhibited better photovoltaic performance than that from the traditional batch-type reactor.